Bravo Two:I submit that it's not the killing that is enjoyed, that's the price of the trip and is accepted/endured like the muscle ache after the gym. The enjoyment comes from being out in nature, testing your wits as a predator in an unfamiliar environment, and generally enjoying a radically different experience than the day to day.

Then why not take a camera instead of a gun?

You can even put a little red crosshair in the middle of the lens to prove to everyone how you could have bagged that buck.

sendtodave:Bravo Two: I submit that it's not the killing that is enjoyed, that's the price of the trip and is accepted/endured like the muscle ache after the gym. The enjoyment comes from being out in nature, testing your wits as a predator in an unfamiliar environment, and generally enjoying a radically different experience than the day to day.

Then why not take a camera instead of a gun?

You can even put a little red crosshair in the middle of the lens to prove to everyone how you could have bagged that buck.

vsavatar:Yet another person who can't come to terms with the fact that her food was a living and breathing creature at one point. If you can't stand the thought of eating an animal, then don't eat them. Don't pick and choose parts and sanitize the thought that what you're eating used to be alive.

sendtodave:Bravo Two: I submit that it's not the killing that is enjoyed, that's the price of the trip and is accepted/endured like the muscle ache after the gym. The enjoyment comes from being out in nature, testing your wits as a predator in an unfamiliar environment, and generally enjoying a radically different experience than the day to day.

Then why not take a camera instead of a gun?

You can even put a little red crosshair in the middle of the lens to prove to everyone how you could have bagged that buck.

sendtodave:Bravo Two: I submit that it's not the killing that is enjoyed, that's the price of the trip and is accepted/endured like the muscle ache after the gym. The enjoyment comes from being out in nature, testing your wits as a predator in an unfamiliar environment, and generally enjoying a radically different experience than the day to day.

Then why not take a camera instead of a gun?

You can even put a little red crosshair in the middle of the lens to prove to everyone how you could have bagged that buck.

My idea of hunting. I was staying at a hotel on business in Olympia, Washington many years ago and I walked into the hotel bar and told the bartender that I had just shot a deer in the parking lot. She looked at me like I was a monster until I held up my camera and said, "Yeah, I must have shot him about ten or twelve times." She threw her bar towel at me.

sendtodave:Bravo Two: I submit that it's not the killing that is enjoyed, that's the price of the trip and is accepted/endured like the muscle ache after the gym. The enjoyment comes from being out in nature, testing your wits as a predator in an unfamiliar environment, and generally enjoying a radically different experience than the day to day.

Then why not take a camera instead of a gun?

You can even put a little red crosshair in the middle of the lens to prove to everyone how you could have bagged that buck.

Because that picture doesn't lower your food bill. If I bag a deer and get 60 lbs of meat from it, that's a nice payment for a few hours of doing something I enjoy.

I've never hunted, but I'm thinking about trying it next season. Lots of my friends hunt and they bring over some good meat.

poot_rootbeer:The only problem here is that boneless skinless chicken breasts are priced about 20 times higher than chicken feet, so if somebody bought that package they'd be paying way over market rate for that tasty, tasty, collageny foot.

Zarquon's Flat Tire:sendtodave: Bravo Two: I submit that it's not the killing that is enjoyed, that's the price of the trip and is accepted/endured like the muscle ache after the gym. The enjoyment comes from being out in nature, testing your wits as a predator in an unfamiliar environment, and generally enjoying a radically different experience than the day to day.

Then why not take a camera instead of a gun?

You can even put a little red crosshair in the middle of the lens to prove to everyone how you could have bagged that buck.

Because that picture doesn't lower your food bill. If I bag a deer and get 60 lbs of meat from it, that's a nice payment for a few hours of doing something I enjoy.

I've never hunted, but I'm thinking about trying it next season. Lots of my friends hunt and they bring over some good meat.

Venison is delicious. My uncle and aunt live in a medieval gameskeeper's cottage in Gloucestershire that backs onto a deer park, and they have a quiet arrangement with the local poachers. They don't see anything, and every once in a while they get a nice haunch of venison.

sendtodave:Bravo Two: I submit that it's not the killing that is enjoyed, that's the price of the trip and is accepted/endured like the muscle ache after the gym. The enjoyment comes from being out in nature, testing your wits as a predator in an unfamiliar environment, and generally enjoying a radically different experience than the day to day.

Then why not take a camera instead of a gun?

You can even put a little red crosshair in the middle of the lens to prove to everyone how you could have bagged that buck.

Because part of the trip is to fill the freezer. Cameras aren't so good at that part. But I do go out during non-hunting season with the camera.